Center for STEM Educaon UNC Charloe July - September 2018 Report
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Center for STEM Education
UNC Charlotte
July - September 2018 Report
2 | Center for STEM Education
The Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
(STEM) is to promote a regional vision for STEM education and outreach, to
increase capacity in leadership, and to facilitate collaborate partnerships for
addressing STEM priorities for PreK-20.
This report highlights our efforts focused on addressing STEM teaching and
learning needs and providing a voice for STEM education.
The Center launched a summer enrichment institute for grades 5 -7 focusing on computational think-ing. The week-long experiences was led by Premkumar Pugalenthi, STEM Education Specialist (CSTEM) and co-designed with Alisa Wickliff, Associate Director (CSTEM). Students explored the interface be-tween coding and electronics using Ozobots evo, Pro-Bots, Makey Makey, Activity Bot 360 and more. The week long institute ended with a showcase for parents and university faculty and staff.
The STEM Pre-College Program served approximately 126 students during the summer including 8 stu-dents in the Summer Research Experience. The summer STEM program provides students with enrich-ment activities and hands-on activities. The Research Experience pairs students with STEM faculty who mentor them in their research labs for five weeks.
In September over 650 fifth grade students from Mecklenburg, Lincoln and Gaston County Schools partici-pated in the annual Catawba River STEM Festival. The educational event is co-sponsored by the Center, the Energy Explorium, and Duke Energy.
Yolanda Brown, CSTEM Administrative Assistant, assisted the College Board in delivery professional devel-opment to their Cvent Cohort 3 group in Reston, VA. Ms. Brown was selected to provide expertise on setting up and using the Cvent system for Advanced Placement (AP) summer institutes. She was selected because of her mastery of the process as part of Cohort 2.
Through support from an I3 federal grant received by Cabarrus County Schools, the Center has been able to offer a second cohort of teachers an online professional development opportunity “Foundations of Problem-Based Learning”. An additional cohort is planned for summer. This 45-hour professional development offering supports the district’s efforts to build a powerful STEM pipeline from Pk-12.
The Center is sponsoring a second year of the STEM Education Leadership Professional Learning Community. STEM Education Leaders from multiple districts meet for day-long opportunities to share, learn, and develop leadership capacity that supports STEM school development and recognition.
Dr. Fernandes (PI, Mathematics) along with Co-PIs Dr. Pugalee (CSTEM) and Dr. Harris (Mathematics) received a NSF Noyce grant. The UNC Charlotte CResT (Culturally Responsive Teaching) Program sup-ports outstanding mathematics, science, and engineering students in becoming middle and high school mathematics teachers through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. The program supports scholar-ships and activities in two content specializations, one of them being mathematics, or obtain a B.A./B.S. in mathematics with a secondary mathematics licensure.
The 2018 Advanced Placement Summer Institues provided 30 hours of professional development for 216 teachers from across the country. Teachers completing the program receive recognition from the College Board as teachers for Advanced Placement in their subject of preparation.
July—September 2018 Highlights
3 | Center for STEM Education
1490 HOURS through CSTEM provided professional development, coursework, enrichment activities, consultation with faculty, competitions, and other support
2094 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED through CSTEM activities and events
4 | Center for STEM Education
Review of Our Work
Number of Individuals served through CSTEM activities and events
5 | Center for STEM Education
Grants Awarded Grants Amount Funder PI Co-PIs
AEOP Strategic Partner Grant $50,000 AEOP Alisa Wickliff Lisa Rhodes/SMT
NC JSHS $21,000 Triservices Alisa Wickliff Dr. David Pugalee
Noyce 49er Teach $698,123
National
Science
Foundation
Dr. David Pugalee
Dr. Kathy Asala, Chemistry; Dr.
Pedram Leilabady, Physics; Dr.
Michelle Stephan (MDSK;
Mathematics); Dr. Warren DiBiase
(MDSK)
Noyce Culturally Responsive
Teaching (CResT) $1,194,928
National
Science
Foundation
Dr. Anthony
Fernandes
(Mathematics)
Dr. Kim Harris (Mathematics) &
Dr. David Pugalee
Collaborative Research:
Broadening Participation with
the STEM Ecosystem,
Developing a Scalable
Model Using a RPP Approach
$497,176
National
Science
Foundation
Dr.. Mary Lou Maher
(Computing and
Informatics)
Drs. Mohgsen Dorodchi, Lijuan
Cao & Audrey Rorrer
(Computing and Informatics), Dr.
David Pugalee
5E Model of Professional
Development in Science
Education for Special
Educations
$270,764 US Department
of Education
Dr. Shawnee
Wakeman (PI,
Special Education
and Child
Development)
Dr. David Pugalee
AEOP REAP $6,500 AEOP Dr. David Pugalee Dr. Shagufta Raja, Alisa Wickliff
Grant Evaluation
Dr. David Pugalee
Camp Invention, Burroughs Welcome Fund, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
IPASS, National Science Foundation, College of Computing and Informatics
UNCC S STEM Engineering Academic Pathways, National Science Foundation, College of Engineering
Service and
Scholarship
6 | Center for STEM Education
Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
Dissertations
Catherine Blat. Summer, 2018. Mathematics Readiness of Entering College Students. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. David Pugalee, Chair; Michelle Stephan, Chuang Wang, and Kimberly Buch.
Curtis Kendrick. Summer, 2018. The Case for Building on Students’ Proportional Reasoning for Slope-Related Tasks. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. David Pugalee, Chair; Michelle Stephan, Warren DiBiase, and Charles Hutchinson.
PRESENTATIONS
Wickliff, A. (August, 2018) Elementary Earth Science, CMS Professional Development,
Hopewell High School, Charlotte, NC
Pugalenthi, P. (September 2018) Using Engineering contexts to teach Mathematics,
Mathematics Research Colloquium, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Pugalenthi, P. (September 2018) Reconceptualizing Engineering in STEM, STEM Education
Leadership PLC, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Pugalee, D. (September 2018) STEM Literacy, STEM Education Leadership PLC, UNC
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Wickliff, A. (September 2018) STEM Schools of Recognition, STEM Education Leadership PLC,
UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Raja, S. (September 2018) Pre-College STEM Program, STEM Education Leadership PLC, UNC
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Selected Activities
CERME11, Premkumar Pugalenthi, Peer Reviewer
Charlotte Area Science Network, Alisa Wickliff, Board Secretary
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, David Pugalee, Team Chair
Mathematics into the 21st Century Project International Programme Committee, David Pugalee, Member
National Science Teachers Association 2018 Alisa Wickliff, Co-Chariman Charlotte NSTA Regional
North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair Foundation Board, Alisa Wickliff, Regional Director
North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair Foundation Board, Sarah Smith, Member
North Carolina Science Leadership Association Board/Executive Board, Alisa Wickliff, Past President
North Carolina Science Olympiad Advisory Board, NCSU, Alisa Wickliff, Member & Communications Chair
North Carolina Student Academy of Sciences Advisory Board, Alisa Wickliff, Member
Regional Director Advisory Council to Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Alisa Wickliff, Member
Symposium for Elementary Mathematics Teaching International Conference Advisory Board, David Pugalee, Member
Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals (UERPA), Premkumar Pugalenthi, Peer Reviewer
ZDM Mathematics Education, David Pugalee, Guest Reviewer
7 | Center for STEM Education
Service
8 | Center for STEM Education
Center Personnel
Dr. David Pugalee Director (704)687-8887(Office) [email protected] Ms. Alisa Wickliff Associate Director (704)687-8818(Office) [email protected] Dr. Shagufta Raja Director Pre-College STEM Program (704)687-8728 (Office) [email protected] Dr. Ian Binns Director, Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics (704)687-8820 (Office) [email protected]
Yolanda Brown CSTEM Administrative Associate [email protected] Lorena Hatcher Assistant Coordinator, Pre-College STEM Program [email protected] Robin Hancock Advanced Placement Coordinator [email protected] Angela Juan Summer Ventures Administrative Support [email protected] Cathy Oldaker Pre-College Administrative Support [email protected] Premkumar Pugalenthi STEM Education Specialist [email protected] Sarah Smith Special Projects Coordinator [email protected] Lasonja Walker Center Administrative Support Associate [email protected]
UNC Charlotte, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) Education
College of Education Building, Suite 222
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, N.C. 28223-0001
(704) – 687-8816
www.cstem.uncc.edu
www.facebook.com/
unccharlottecenterforstemeducation
Related Documents
